The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-05-20


shall enter the names of all tho children In
charge Of the person 80 named, the male, in
one column, and the females in another COL
ump."
The hrst duty, it will be observed, is that Of
subdivision or sub-districting, which SUBJ
division is to be made on the last Tuesday in
May.
In townships where there is but one school.
1t should embrace proper territory: its limit.
should be defined and polling place estsb-
lished therein, at which all the legal voters of
the entire township shall be permitted to vote
Tor all township officers except one director.
who shall be resident of said sub district,
and who shall be elected by the resident voters
OF such sub-district alone. Two ballot boxe,
should be kept; one to receive the ballots Of
the legal voters Of the sub-dlstrlct for the d.
rector to 10 elected by them, and the other for
the reception 0f the ballots of the legal voters
OF the entire township, including those within
the sub-district for the two directors to be
elected at large and tho township treasurer.
Where there are two schools in school
tawnship, the entire town should be tempora-
rily divided into two sub. districts with proper
regard for the convenience of the residents
thereof, and vote shall be taken in each for
township treasurer and for director of dis.
trlct No. or No. 2, as tue case may be, and
Tor a director at large. In sub-dividng, the
Convenience of the voters should be the guide,
and common fairness should control,
In defining boundaries of sub districts, SEC
tion lines should be observed a, far rs possible:
as, for example: "District number one shall
Include all the territory within the following
boundaries: Commencing at the northeast
corner OF section l, township ... :, range ., ;,
county, Dakota, running west along
township llne to the northeast corner Of sec.
ton 8, thence south at right anglo and along
the dividing line between sections and 3 to
the southeast corner Of section 3, thence west
aud at right angle along the liue between
sections and 10, and 4 aud 9, to ito
intersection with ....... river; thence in
southwosterly direction and following along
the course of said river to its point Of inter-
section with tho section limo between sections
10 and q, thence east along said line to the
township line; thence north at right augle
aud along said township line to the place of
beginning.
Three notices of election shall be posted in
each sub-district In public places; one Of which
shall be the front door Of the school house in
which said election is to be held.
Bear in mind that sub-districte a. mentioned
in the law are the separate schools of the
township.
ln the June election Of 1887, it will be no.
ticed that Judge and clerk of election must
be elected by the legal voters present at the
time ot opening the polls, each to administer
the oath Of Office to the other. 4. ag..s
Wives, the mothers Of children Of propel
school age, are not permitted to vote undel
section 27, as the courts have held that th.
father has control of such children.
At each polling place two poll books should
be kept and after the polls close two tally
sheets in regular form should be used in the
canvass Of tho votes cast. For convenience it
is recommended that one tally sheet duly certi-
fed to and one poll book with the number Of
the sub-distrct and township plainly written
or printed on each, be enclosed and sealed in
an envelope and plainly marked on tho out
side Of the envelope: "Returns from sub dis
trict No. -, Of 80. Township, ... County,
Dakota, for school township treasurer and d.
rector at large, or directors at large, II either
is the case, and carried in person either by the
Judge or clerk of election to the town clerk.
The votes Of the sub-Lstrict for the director
ofsaid sub-district should be made out from the
result as shown by the tally sheet and certified
about as follows: cat an election held in sub
district No. ..., in school township, ....
county, Dakota, the -. day Of ...., 1853. :, at
which election, we, the undersigned were pres
ept and acting as judge and clerk OF election.
There were forty (40) votes cast for tho Office
Of director, for which I. Jones, had nine (0)
votes, 1. Dawson thirty (3O) votes, scattering
one %.
Certified by us this 80. day of .... 1888. i.
John L. GREEN, Judge of Election,
R. D. HoskIXs, Clerk Of Election"
and sent to the town clerk at once. The re-
naming tally sheet and poll book together
with the ballots, should be returned to the
ballot box which should then be carefully
sealed and delivered into the hands of the
director for safe keeping.
Canvass Of the vote for director at large
shall be made in the same manner and at the
same time as that for treasurer, and the town
clerk shall issue certificates to directors al
large as to treasurer. He shall certify election
Of directors at large in the Same manner az ht
does the directors for sub-districts.
The school township clerks this year make
the enumeration mentioned in section "a
keeping separate enumeration sheets for each
sub-district with the number Of each sub dis
trict plainly marked thereon, and a separate
sheet for territory not within sub-dIstricts, il
any there be.
The new law will be printed and circulated
in every county in the territory in the Tori
tory, Oh or before July l, 1887.
It makes no material change in the "Dlstrict
Systeul."
Hoping that the above may be Of assistance
to school officers, and wishing you all pros
porous school year, in which material advance
ment will be made In thoroughness OF educa-
ton, systematized courses of studies, uniformity
Of text books, institute work, etc., to which
end we promise our hearty cooperation, we
respectfully submit circular No. l.
EUGENE 4. DYE,
Superintendent of Public instruction.
EUGENE A. DYE,
Most Excellent.
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